US9274653B2 - Touch detection device and display device having touch sensor function - Google Patents

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US9274653B2
US9274653B2 US12/791,667 US79166710A US9274653B2 US 9274653 B2 US9274653 B2 US 9274653B2 US 79166710 A US79166710 A US 79166710A US 9274653 B2 US9274653 B2 US 9274653B2
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  • the present invention relates to a touch detection device for detecting touch or proximity of a user's finger or a pen to a detection surface.
  • the present invention relates to a display device having a function of the touch detection device (touch sensor).
  • a touch detection device is a device for detecting touch or proximity of a user's finger or a pen to a detection surface.
  • a display device which allows a user to input information instead of typical buttons by overlappingly forming a touch detection device called a touch panel on a display panel and displaying various buttons as an image on a display surface.
  • a touch detection device called a touch panel on a display panel
  • displaying various buttons as an image on a display surface.
  • the “touch panel” refers to a touch detection device having a panel shape combined with a display device.
  • three touch detection types of the touch panel include an optical type, a resistive film type, and an electrostatic capacitance type. Meanwhile, in order to associate an electric variation generated by touch or proximity with positional information, a plurality of wiring lines arranged in a matrix shape combined to determine the position are demanded.
  • the thickness of the entire display device e.g., a liquid crystal module
  • a protection layer for preventing scratches on the touch panel is additionally demanded, thereby further increasing the thickness of the liquid crystal module. This is against a miniaturization trend.
  • Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2008-9750 discloses a touch panel conductive film interposed between a viewer's side panel of the liquid crystal display device and a viewer's side polarization plate disposed in the outer surface thereof.
  • Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2008-9750 proposes a liquid crystal display device having an electrostatic capacitance type touch panel using an external surface of the polarization plate as a touch surface between the touch panel conductive film and the external surface of the polarization plate in order to obtain a thin thickness.
  • the aforementioned touch panel (touch detection device) or the display device having a touch sensor function has the following disadvantages.
  • the touch detection device generates an electric variation on the sensor line in response to touch or detection of a detection target object (such as a user's finger or a stylus pen) to the detection surface without distinction of an optical type, a resistive film type, and an electrostatic capacitance type.
  • a detection target object such as a user's finger or a stylus pen
  • Such an electric variation in the sensor line is detected in a leading end of the sensor line extending to the outer side from the detection surface.
  • the touch detection device generally demands a plurality of wiring lines in addition to the sensor line, the signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio of the detection signal decreases when the electric potential fluctuation in this wiring lines is overlapped on the sensor line as noise.
  • a pixel circuit usually has an amplification function in an optical type, and an electric variation is relatively large in the resistive film type.
  • the electric variation on the sensor line has a relatively small amplitude, and prevention of degradation of the S/N ratio of the detection signal is important, particularly, in the
  • the display device having a touch sensor function makes progress from simply attaching a touch panel to the external surface of the display panel to forming an electrode for driving the touch sensor inside the display panel to achieve new objectives such as a thinner thickness and cost reduction. Therefore, a wiring line having a large voltage fluctuation functioning as noise source to the sensor line is frequently disposed in proximity of the sensor line in a thickness direction of the panel. Therefore, prevention of degradation in the S/N ratio of the detection signal becomes more important in the display device having a touch sensor function. Although this is a frequent case without distinction of the optical type, the resistive film type, or the electrostatic capacitance type, noise reduction in the sensor line is highly demanded particularly in the electrostatic capacitance type due to the aforementioned reason.
  • a touch detection device including a detection surface, a plurality of sensor lines formed from a plurality of types of wiring lines having a different line capacitance, and a touch detection unit.
  • the touch detection unit detects an electric variation generated in a plurality of the sensor lines in response to touch or proximity of a detection target object to the detection surface.
  • the touch detection unit has an operational circuit for generating a detection signal representing the electric variation by performing an operation process using a line capacitance ratio for a plurality of outputs from a plurality of types of the sensor lines neighboring to one another with a different line capacitance.
  • a plurality of the sensor lines are formed from a plurality of M types of wiring lines that have a different length for each type and are arranged in parallel to one another, and M sensor lines neighboring to one another have a different type. It is preferable that the touch detection unit has the operational circuit provided for each of the M sensor lines that neighbor to one another and have a different type. The operational circuit may have a selector mechanism for sharing between sensor lines.
  • the M sensor lines are formed from wiring lines having, the same material, the same thickness, the same width, and a plurality of different types of lengths.
  • the operational circuit obtains the detection signal by selecting two sensor lines from the M sensor lines, obtaining a difference of outputs of the two selected sensor lines of which a ratio of lengths is set to k (where, k is a natural number equal to or larger than 2), and removing the obtained difference with (k ⁇ 1).
  • the touch detection device generates an electric variation on a plurality of the sensor lines in response to touch or proximity of a detection target object (such as a user's finger or a stylus pen) to the detection surface.
  • a detection target object such as a user's finger or a stylus pen
  • the electric variation is generated in several of a plurality of sensor lines.
  • the sensor line where the electric variation is generated is formed from a plurality of types of wiring lines having a different line capacitance. Therefore, in each sensor line where the electric variation is generated, the electric variation is transmitted to several sensor lines having a different line capacitance and input to the touch detection unit.
  • the touch detection unit includes an operation circuit.
  • the operational circuit receives a plurality of inputs from a plurality of types of sensor lines that have a different line capacitance and neighbor to one another to perform an operational process. In this operational process, a line capacitance ratio is used, and thus, the detection signal representing the electric variation generated in response to touch or proximity to the detection surface is generated from the operational circuit.
  • the detection signal output from the operational circuit is used to detect presence/absence of the detection target object or a position on the detection surface.
  • the display device having a touch sensor function includes a display surface, a plurality of image signal lines, a display function layer, a plurality of sensor lines, and a touch detection unit.
  • the display function layer changes display of the display surface in response to a voltage applied to a plurality of the image signal lines.
  • the touch detection unit detects an electric variation generated from a plurality of the sensor lines in response to touch or proximity of the detection target object to the detection surface.
  • the touch detection unit includes an operational circuit for generating a detection signal representing the electric variation by performing an operation process using a line capacitance ratio for a plurality of outputs from a plurality of types of sensor lines that neighbor to one another and have a different line capacitance.
  • the display device having a touch sensor function includes a plurality of pixels a plurality of pixel electrodes, m opposite electrodes, a plurality of sensing electrodes, a display function layer, a write driving scanning unit, an AC driving scanning unit, and a touch detection unit.
  • a plurality of the pixels are connected to one another by a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of image signal lines, and each of the pixels has a switch for writing a voltage of corresponding one of the image signal line in response to a voltage applied to corresponding one of the scanning lines.
  • a plurality of pixel electrodes are provided for each pixel and arranged in a matrix in a planar shape.
  • the m opposite electrodes are arranged in a planar shape opposite to the pixel electrode, have a pitch length one or more times a pitch length of an arrangement of the pixel electrodes in a scanning direction which is an arrangement direction of one side of the pixel electrode, and are arranged with the same interval in the scanning direction.
  • a plurality of the sensing electrodes have an electrostatic capacitance between each of the m opposite electrodes.
  • a plurality of the sensing electrodes are formed from a plurality of types of wiring lines having a difference line capacitance.
  • the display function layer provides an image display function in response to a signal voltage applied between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode that face to each other.
  • the write driving scanning unit performs a write operation for writing voltages of a predetermined number of the image signal lines by turning on a predetermined number switches for a predetermined number of the pixel electrodes lined up in the other direction perpendicular to the scanning direction.
  • the write driving scanning unit performs a write operation and repeats a shift operation that sequentially switches a predetermined number of pixel electrodes, which is a write target, in the scanning direction.
  • the AC driving scanning unit drives, with an AC voltage, s opposite electrodes (where, 1 ⁇ s ⁇ n) defined from the m opposite electrodes under a condition that opposite electrodes opposite to a predetermined number of the pixel electrodes as a write target are included.
  • the AC driving scanning unit shifts the s opposite electrodes as an AC driving target in the scanning direction to satisfy the aforementioned condition.
  • the touch detection unit detects a variation in a voltage applied to the electrostatic capacitance caused by an external capacitance in the side of the sensing electrode.
  • the touch detection unit includes an operational circuit for generating a detection signal representing a variation in a voltage applied to the electrostatic capacitance by performing an operation process using a line capacitance ratio for a plurality of outputs from a plurality of types of the sensing electrodes that have a different line capacitance and neighbor to one another.
  • a plurality of the sensor lines (or sensing electrodes) and the touch detection unit have the same function as that of the aforementioned touch detection device (However, the surface where the detection target object touches or is located in proximity is sometimes referred to as a display surface in the corresponding display device).
  • the display function layer may neighbor to a plurality of the sensor lines (or a plurality of the sensing electrodes), for example, in a thickness direction of the display device.
  • a plurality of image signal lines providing a voltage for driving the display function layer also neighbor to a plurality of the sensor lines.
  • the image signal lines may extend in the same direction as that of a plurality of the sensor lines (or a plurality of the sensing electrodes).
  • each of a plurality of sensor lines (or a plurality of sensing electrodes) is influenced by an electric potential variation several neighboring image signal lines, and the electric potentials thereof fluctuate.
  • the operational circuit performs an operation process using a line capacitance ratio for a plurality of outputs from a plurality of types of the sensor lines (or the sensing electrodes) that have a different line capacitance and neighbor to one another.
  • the electric potential fluctuation component generated by the effect of the aforementioned other wiring lines e.g., image signal lines
  • a touch detection device capable of removing a noise component from the detection signal obtained by detecting an electric variation in the sensor lines.
  • a display device capable of removing from the detection signal a noise component that changes a voltage applied to the electrostatic capacitance of the sensor line (or the sensing electrode).
  • FIGS. 1A and 1B are an equivalent circuit diagram and a schematic cross-sectional diagram illustrating operations of the touch sensor unit according to first to third embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 2A and 2B are an equivalent circuit diagram and a schematic cross-sectional diagram when a finger touches or is in proximity of the touch sensor unit of FIG. 1 .
  • FIGS. 3A to 3C illustrate input/output waveforms of the touch sensor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 4A and 4B are a top plan view and a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating a configuration of the touch detection device according to first and second embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 5A to 5C are a top plan view, an equivalent circuit diagram, and an equation illustrating touch sensor detection according to first to third embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 6A to 6C are a waveform diagram of the long sensor output and the short sensor output, a schematic diagram of components, and an operational example.
  • FIGS. 7A and 7B illustrate a border position in the touch detection device according to a first embodiment of the present invention and an operation course or an operation result.
  • FIGS. 8A and 8B illustrate a diagram illustrating a border scan position and an exemplary circuit diagram of the AC signaling source and the operation circuit.
  • FIGS. 9A to 9C are schematic diagrams illustrating components of the sensor line outputs according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 10A and 10B are a diagram illustrating a border position in the touch detection device according to a second embodiment of the present invention and a table showing an operation course and an operation result.
  • FIGS. 11A to 11D are top plan views and a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating an electrode pattern for touch detection of the display device according to a third embodiment of the present invention and connection with the driving circuit.
  • FIG. 12 is an equivalent circuit diagram of the pixel circuit of the display device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 13A to 13B illustrate a border scanning performed by the display device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 14 is an enlarged plan view illustrating a liquid crystal display unit after forming the pixel electrode in the display device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 15 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating a configuration example according to a fifth modification.
  • FIG. 16 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating a configuration example according to a sixth modification.
  • FIG. 17 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating a configuration example according to a seventh modification.
  • FIG. 18 is a top plan view illustrating a sensor line arrangement according to an eighth modification.
  • FIG. 19 is a top plan view illustrating a sensor line arrangement according to a ninth modification.
  • FIG. 20 is a top plan view illustrating a sensor line arrangement according to a tenth modification.
  • FIG. 21 is a top plan view illustrating another sensor line arrangement according to a tenth modification.
  • FIG. 22 is a top plan view illustrating a sensor line arrangement according to an eleventh modification.
  • FIGS. 23A and 23B are waveform diagrams illustrating a noise source.
  • FIGS. 24 A 1 to 24 B 3 are waveform diagrams illustrating a noise suppression effect.
  • First Embodiment a touch detection device performing an operational process using outputs from double sensor lines
  • Second Embodiment a touch detection performing an operational process using outputs from three sensor lines
  • FIGS. 1A and 2A are equivalent circuit diagrams illustrating a touch sensor unit
  • FIGS. 1B and 2B are constructional diagrams (schematic cross-sectional views) illustrating a touch sensor unit.
  • FIGS. 1A and 1B illustrate a case where a finger as a sensing target object is not in proximity of the sensor
  • FIGS. 2A and 2B illustrate a case where a finger is disposed in proximity of or touches the sensor.
  • the illustrated touch sensor unit is an electrostatic capacitance type touch sensor and includes capacitance elements as shown in FIGS. 1B and 2B .
  • a capacitance element (electrostatic capacitance element) C 1 includes a dielectric body D and a pair of electrodes arranged to face each other with the dielectric body D being interposed therebetween, i.e., the driving electrode E 1 and the detection electrode E 2 .
  • the driving electrode E 1 of the capacitance element C 1 is connected to the AC signaling source AS which generates an AC pulse signal Sg.
  • the detection electrode E 2 of the capacitance element C 1 is connected to the operational circuit 8 A. In this case, the detection electrode E 2 is grounded via a resistor R so that the DC level is electrically fixed.
  • An AC pulse signal Sg having a predetermined frequency of, for example, several kHz to several tens of kHz is applied from the AC signaling source AS to the driving electrode E 1 .
  • FIG. 3B A waveform diagram of the AC pulse signal Sg is illustrated in FIG. 3B .
  • a signal (detection signal Vdet) having an output waveform shown in FIG. 3A is generated in the detection electrode E 2 .
  • the driving electrode E 1 corresponds to an opposite electrode (common electrode for a plurality of pixels facing the pixel electrode) for driving liquid crystals.
  • the opposite electrode is subjected to an AC driving, a so-called Vcom-driving for driving liquid crystals. Therefore, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a common driving signal for driving Vcom is generated from a plurality of positions at a timing different from that displayed or simultaneously and also used as an AC pulse signal Sg for driving the driving electrode E 1 for the touch sensor.
  • the driving electrode E 1 of the capacitance element C 1 is driven with an AC voltage, and an AC detection signal Vdet is generated in the detection electrode E 2 depending on charge/discharge operations.
  • a detection signal thereupon is denoted by an “initial detection signal Vdet 0 .” Since the detection electrode E 2 side is grounded from the viewpoint of a DC voltage, but is not grounded from the viewpoint of a high frequency domain, a path for discharging the AC voltage is not provided, and the pulse crest value of the initial detection signal Vdet 0 is relatively large.
  • FIG. 3C exaggeratedly shows a waveform with a scaling factor.
  • the pulse crest value of the initial detection signal Vdet 0 decreases from an initial value of 2.8 V to 0.5 V due to a high frequency loss as some time elapses.
  • the waveform of FIG. 3C has no noise, and the waveform having noise and noise rejection will be described later.
  • the circuit state changes to be equivalent to a case where the capacitance element C 2 is connected to the detection electrode E 2 as shown in FIG. 2A .
  • a human body is equivalent to a capacitance element of which one side is grounded from the viewpoint of a high frequency domain.
  • a discharge path for the AC signal is formed through the capacitance elements C 1 and C 2 . Therefore, accompanying with charge/discharge of the capacitance element C 1 and C 2 , AC currents I 1 and I 2 flows through the capacitance elements C 1 and C 2 , respectively.
  • the initial detection signal Vdet 0 is voltage-divided according to the unequally defined values of the capacitance elements C 1 and C 2 , and the pulse crest value decreases.
  • the detection signal Vdet 2 shown in FIGS. 3A and 3C are detection signals generated in the detection electrode E 2 when a finger touches. Referring to FIG. 3C , it is recognized that the attenuation amount of the detection signal is 0.5 to 0.8 V.
  • the operational circuit 8 A shown in FIGS. 1A to 2B detects the attenuation of the detection signal, for example, using a threshold value Vt to detect touch of a finger.
  • FIG. 4A is a schematic top plan view illustrating a touch detection device according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which the inner side of the device is penetrated from the detection surface (the surface of the protection layer) by removing the outermost surface of the protection layer.
  • FIG. 4B is a schematic cross-sectional view along the line IVB-IVB of FIG. 4A .
  • the touch detection device 10 has a driving electrode DEm between the first and second substrates 11 and 12 .
  • the surface opposite to the driving electrode DEm side of the second substrate 12 i.e., the surface of the detection surface side, is provided with sensor lines.
  • the sensor line includes a plurality of lines having two types of lengths extending in a y-direction.
  • the relatively long sensor line is referred to as “a long sensor line LSL”
  • the relatively short sensor line is referred to as “a short sensor line SSL.”
  • a sensor line output is operated for each pair of the neighboring sensor lines having different lengths, i.e., a pair of the long sensor line LSLi and the short sensor line SSLi.
  • the length of the long sensor line LSLi is a double of the length of the short sensor line SSLi.
  • n long sensor lines LSLi and the n short sensor lines SSLi are collectively called “2n sensor lines SL.”
  • the m driving electrodes having a band shape and extending in an x-direction are arranged with the same pitch in a y-direction.
  • Materials of the first and second substrates 11 and 12 are not particularly limited. However, 2n sensor lines SL is demanded to be capacitively coupled to m driving electrodes DEm, respectively. For this reason, the thickness or the material of the second substrate 12 is defined such that the corresponding capacitive coupling has a predetermined strength. From this viewpoint, the second substrate 12 may be omitted, and an insulator may be interposed between the 2n sensor lines SL and the m driving electrodes DEm.
  • a scan driving unit 9 is connected to one side end of the m driving electrodes DEj.
  • a touch detection unit 8 is connected to one side end of the 2n sensor lines SL (LSL+SSL).
  • the scan driving unit 9 has AC signaling sources AS for each driving electrode (refer to FIGS. 1A to 2B ).
  • the activated AC signaling sources AS are sequentially switched in a direction (a scaning direction) represented by an arrow within the block of the scan driving unit 9 of FIG. 4A .
  • the scan driving unit 9 may have a single AC signaling source AS, so that connection between the single AC signaling source AS and one DEj of the m driving electrodes DE 1 to DEm is sequentially switched in a scan direction.
  • the operation of switching the driving electrode receiving the AC signal in practice from one side end to the other side end of the m driving electrodes is called a “scan.”
  • a perpendicular arrangement between the driving electrodes and the sensor lines is dispensable, but the shapes or arrangements of each of the sensor lines and each of driving electrodes may be not particularly limited as long as a capacitive coupling therebetween is uniform or nearly uniform within the detection surface.
  • the arrangement of the touch detection unit 8 and he scan driving unit 9 may be readily performed by extracting the sensor lines from one of two perpendicular sides of the detection surface and connecting them to the touch detection unit 8 as well as by extracting the driving electrodes from the other side of the two perpendicular sides and connecting them to the scan driving unit 9 . Therefore, the perpendicular arrangement between the driving electrodes and the sensor lines is preferable, but the invention is not necessarily limited thereto.
  • FIG. 5A illustrate a case where the AC signaling source AS drives the first driving electrode DE 1 of the m driving electrodes DEj.
  • FIG. 5B illustrates an equivalent circuit diagram of a touch sensor when an arbitrary single user's finger is in proximity of one of the n long sensor lines LSLi of FIG. 4A at that moment.
  • the AC signaling source AS is connected to the driving electrode DE 1 to drive the driving electrode DE 1 with an AC voltage.
  • the touch sensor is represented as an equivalent circuit shown in FIG. 5B .
  • each electrostatic capacitance of the capacitance elements C 1 _ 1 to C 1 — m is referred to as “Cp”
  • a capacitance element (a parasitic capacitance) connected in addition to the capacitance elements C 1 _ 1 to C 1 — m is referred to as “Cc”
  • an effective value of the AC voltage from the AC signaling source AS is referred to as “V 1 ”.
  • the detection signal Vdet detected from the touch detection unit 8 (refer to FIG.
  • Vs when a finger does not touch
  • Vf( ⁇ Vs) when a finger touches.
  • the voltage Vs corresponds to the “initial detection signal Vdet 0 ”
  • the voltage Vf corresponds to the “detection signal Vdet 1 .”
  • the voltages Vs and Vf are referred to as sensor voltages.
  • the sensor voltage Vs in the untouched state is represented as the equation of FIG. 5C .
  • the electrostatic capacitance value Cp decreases accordingly. Therefore, the “mCp” in the denominator in the equation of FIG. 5C becomes nearly constant.
  • the parasitic capacitance Cc is slightly affected by the number m of the driving electrodes DE, but may be considered nearly constant. For this reason, the remainder of the numerator of the equation of FIG. 5C does not significantly change, but the numerator decreases. Therefore, as the number m of the driving electrodes DE increases, the magnitude of the sensor voltage Vs (the crest value of the detection signal in the untouched state) also decreases.
  • the sensor voltage Vf (the crest value of the detection signal in the touched state) is inversely proportional to “mCp” and proportional to “Cp.” This is because the external capacitance C 2 added by proximity of a finger is remarkably smaller than the electrostatic capacitance Cp.
  • the crest value of the detection signal increases, but the resolution (a minimum recognizable size of the detection target object) for detecting the size of the detection target object decreases.
  • accuracy of position detection for detecting the position of the detection target object also increases as the number m decreases. Therefore, if the accuracy for detecting the size or the position of the object increases for high performance, the area of a single driving electrode DE is inevitably reduced.
  • the crest value of the detection signal of the touch sensor decreases.
  • the electrostatic capacitance Cp at the intersection of the driving electrode DE varies depending on the area of the single driving electrode DE. In other words, as the area (particularly, width) of the driving electrode DE increases, the electrostatic capacitance Cp increases accordingly. In addition, as the area (particularly, the width) of the single sensor line SLi increases, the electrostatic capacitance Cp accordingly increases.
  • the signal component an average crest value of the sensor voltages Vs and Vf
  • the S/N ratio of the detection signal Vdet decreases.
  • the S/N ratio decreases as the number m of the driving electrodes DE increases, and the width of the single driving electrode DE decreases.
  • the magnitude of the noise component approaches to the signal component, it is difficult to apply noise separation technologies.
  • the noise component periodically fluctuates, and the period thereof is close to the period of the detection signal, it is further difficult to separate the noise.
  • FIGS. 5A and 5B illustrate a case where the intersection between the first driving electrode DE and the long sensor line LSLi is operated, but is similarly used to describe a case of driving the short sensor line SSLi here.
  • the denominator of the equation of FIG. 5C also becomes “mCp+Cc” in this case.
  • the number of intersections between the short sensor lines SSLi and the driving electrodes DE is approximately a half of the number of intersections between the long sensor lines LSLi and the driving electrodes DE. Therefore, the denominator of the equation of FIG.
  • 5C becomes “mCp/2+Cc.”
  • the parasitic capacitance Cc is sufficiently smaller than a total coupling capacitance, i.e., “mCp” or “mCp/2.”
  • the signal component (an average crest value of the sensor voltages Vs and Vf) of the detection signal Vdet output from the short sensor line SSLi becomes approximately a double of that of the long sensor line LSLi.
  • the fact that the signal component of the detection signal Vdet of the short sensor line becomes a double of that of the long sensor line is concluded under the assumption (hereinafter, referred to as a first assumption) that the parasitic capacitance Cc is sufficiently smaller than the total coupling capacitance (mCp, mCp/2).
  • the parasitic capacitance Cc of each sensor line is sufficiently larger than the total coupling capacitance (mCp, mCp/2) (hereinafter, referred to as a second assumption).
  • the parasitic capacitance Cc is proportional to the line capacitance and thus, decreases as the line capacitance decreases. That is, the parasitic capacitance Cc of the short sensor line is nearly halved from the parasitic capacitance Cc of the long sensor line. Therefore, the conclusion that the signal component of the detection signal Vdet of the short sensor line becomes a double of that of the long sensor line is also similarly extracted from the second assumption.
  • the signal component of the short sensor line becomes a double of that of the long sensor line. This is also obtained under the assumption that the long and short sensor lines are formed in the wiring layer having the same width, the same thickness, and the same material.
  • the line capacitance is proportional to the length. Therefore, generally speaking, it could be said that, if the long and short sensor lines have the same width, the same thickness, and the same material, the ratio of the length nearly corresponds with the line capacitance ratio Kc, and the magnitude (the crest value) of the signal component of the detection signal is defined to be nearly inversely proportional to the line capacitance ratio Kc.
  • the line capacitance includes a coupling capacitance with other conductive portions and the parasitic capacitance in addition to the capacitance of the wiring layer itself.
  • both the sensor lines have the same length, the same thickness, and the same material, but the width is different.
  • a second sensor line having a width doubled by the first sensor line is considered.
  • the line capacitance ratio Kc of the second sensor line against the first sensor line is approximately 2
  • the denominator of the equation of FIG. 5C of the second sensor line becomes approximately a double of that of the first sensor line.
  • the widths of the m driving electrodes DEj are constant
  • the electrostatic capacitance Cp of the second sensor line becomes a double of that of the first sensor line. Therefore, in the first modification, the signal component (the crest value) of the detection signal becomes nearly the same between the first and second sensor lines.
  • both the sensor lines have the same thickness and material, but the length and the width are different.
  • the length of the short sensor line is a half (1 ⁇ 2) of the length of the long sensor line
  • the width of the short sensor line is a half (1 ⁇ 2) of the width of the long sensor line.
  • the denominator of the equation of FIG. 5C of the short sensor line becomes a quarter (1 ⁇ 4) of that of the long sensor line (the line capacitance ratio Kc is 4 or 1 ⁇ 4).
  • the electrostatic capacitance Cp of the short sensor line becomes approximately a half (1 ⁇ 2) of that of the long sensor line. Therefore, in the second modification, the signal component (the crest value) of the detection signal output from the short sensor line becomes approximately a double of the signal component (the crest value) of the detection signal output from the long sensor line.
  • both the sensor lines have the same thickness and the same material, but the length and the width are different.
  • the length of the short sensor line is a half of the length of the long sensor line as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B , but the width of the short sensor line is a double of the width of the long sensor line.
  • the denominator of the equation of FIG. 5C does not change between the short sensor line and the long sensor line (the line capacitance ratio Kc is 1).
  • the electrostatic capacitance Cp of the short sensor line becomes approximately a double of that of the long sensor line. Therefore, in the third modification, the signal component (the crest value) of the detection signal output from the short sensor line is approximately a double of that of the signal component (the crest value) of the detection signal output from the long sensor line.
  • a scaling factor was set to 2 by changing only the length, only the width, or both the length and the width of one of the sensor lines with respect to the other sensor line.
  • the scaling factor may be 3 or any other natural number.
  • a parameter for changing the line capacitance ratio Kc is also associated with the material and the thickness of the wiring layer in addition to the length and the width. Therefore, the line capacitance ratio Kc may change between both the sensor lines by changing only the material or the thickness of the wiring layer for forming the sensor lines or combining them with other parameters.
  • the noise component is differently superimposed on the sensor lines depending on the noise source assumption.
  • the touch detection device itself may be made thinner with high performance and may be mounted on another electronic device (for example, a display device illustrated in the embodiment described below). Therefore, other lines at which an electric potential fluctuates may be arranged under the sensor lines of the touch detection device, and the distance between the sensor lines and those other lines tends to decrease as the touch detection device is made thinner.
  • the magnitude of the noise component is defined by a strength of the capacitive coupling as a main parameter associated with the length and the width as well as a thickness or a material thereof.
  • the noise amount increases as the parasitic capacitance Cc increases.
  • the parasitic capacitance Cc is proportional to the line capacitance, it is also envisaged that the noise amount increases as the line capacitance increases from this viewpoint.
  • the line capacitance of the sensor line increases, a variation of the electrical potential on the sensor line is hardly generated by the noise. For this reason, even when the line capacitance ratio Kc changes, the noise amount hardly changes.
  • the line capacitance (electrostatic capacitance Cp) is halved as the length is halved, and the parasitic capacitance Cc is accordingly halved. For this reason, even when the length of the sensor line changes, the noise amount hardly changes.
  • the magnitude of the noise component is defined by a strength of the capacitive coupling as a main parameter associated with the width as well as a thickness or a material thereof.
  • the parasitic capacitance Cc increases as the line capacitance increases as described above.
  • the line capacitance increases as the width increases, a variation of the electrical potential of the sensor line is hardly generated by the noise, and also in this case, the noise amount hardly changes even when the line capacitance ratio Kc changes.
  • the wiring lines traversing the long sensor line LSLi and the short sensor line SSLi having the same width as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B function as a noise source, the noise components having the same strength are superimposed on these two sensor lines.
  • the noise source may be incoming electromagnetic waves from the outer side.
  • the sensor line functions as an antenna for generating noise.
  • the magnitude of the noise component is defined by a strength of the capacitive coupling as a main parameter associated with a length or a width as well as a thickness or a material thereof.
  • the noise component tends to be proportional to the line capacitance. Therefore, in this case, the incoming noise amount depends on the line capacitance ratio Kc.
  • the operation method is not shown in detail, in a case where the noise source, of which the noise amount is associated with the line capacitance ratio Kc, such as the incoming noise, is not negligible, it is possible to perform a noise rejection operation in which the noise amount is not constant as well.
  • FIG. 6A illustrates waveforms of a long sensor output and a short sensor output.
  • the waveform diagram denoted by “Long Sensor(L)” represents the output waveform of the long sensor line LSLi.
  • the waveform diagram denoted by “Short Sensor(S)” represents the output waveform of the short sensor line SSLi.
  • the abscissa denotes changes of time t [ ⁇ s]
  • the ordinate denotes an electric potential fluctuation in the sensor line output with respect to a reference electric potential (for example, 0 [V]).
  • the time is ranged from 0 to 16.67 [msec].
  • the area denoted by a border in FIG. 6A represents the area seen from a detection surface corresponding to the driving electrode DE activated by or connected to the AC signaling source AS in FIG. 4A or 5 A.
  • FIG. 6B schematically illustrates a long sensor line output corresponding to the waveform diagram “Long Sensor(L)”.
  • FIG. 6C schematically illustrates a short sensor line output corresponding to the waveform diagram “Short Sensor(S)”.
  • the width of the border in the y-direction is set to be larger than the movement pitch.
  • This may be achieved by increasing the division number of the driving electrode DE shown in FIG. 5A but setting the number of the driving electrodes DE driven by the AC signaling source AS in a single time to a plural number. That is, the number of the driving electrodes DE driven in a single time is set to, for example, a few or several tens, and the pitch of shift during the scanning is set to, for example, the number corresponding to a single driving electrode.
  • FIGS. 6A to 6C such a method is employed in FIGS. 6A to 6C .
  • the numerals “0” and “800” shown in FIGS. 6B and 6C represent shift pitch numbers in the y-direction. “0 to 400” corresponds to an area A, and “400 to 800” corresponds to an area B with respect to the center “400” thereof.
  • the border moves from the state shown in FIG. 6A along the arrow direction.
  • the detection signal Vdet having the waveform shown as “Long Sensor(L)” is output from the long sensor line LSLi.
  • the long sensor line output is obtained by defining that one time of the signal component S and one time of the noise component are overlapped as shown in FIG. 6B . In this case, since the short sensor line output does not yet intersect with the border as shown in FIG. 6C , only the noise component is output.
  • FIG. 7B illustrates a table representing the operation result from the detection signal obtained during the scanning of three positions based on the operational formula of FIG. 6C .
  • FIG. 7A illustrates a relationship between the positions ⁇ 1 > to ⁇ 3 > and the sensor line.
  • the detection signal is sequentially input in the order of the position ⁇ 1 > where the border is positioned in the area B, the position ⁇ 2 > where the border width center is positioned in the boundary between the areas A and B, and the position ⁇ 3 > where the border is positioned in the area A.
  • the operational circuit obtains the signal component S by inputting the output of the long sensor line LSLi and the output of the short sensor line SSLi and performing an operation using the difference (Delta) thereof and the line capacitance ratio Kc.
  • the operational circuit obtains only the difference (Delta) in the detection time range corresponding to the position ⁇ 3 > and performs an operation using the operational formula “(Delta)/(Kc ⁇ 1)” based on the difference (Delta) and the line capacitance ratio Kc in the detection time range corresponding to the position ⁇ 1 >.
  • a clock signal synchronized with the the detection scanning i.e., the shift operation of the border of FIG. 6A is input, and the detection time ranges are determined based on the clock signal.
  • the operational circuit may obtain the signal component S by sampling the detection signal Vdet at the detection timing corresponding to the position ⁇ 1 > or ⁇ 3 >.
  • the operational circuit may obtain the signal component S by sampling the detection signal Vdet at the detection timing corresponding to the position ⁇ 3 >. Meanwhile, in the case of the detection timing corresponding to the position ⁇ 1 >, a general formula of the difference (Delta) becomes “(Kc ⁇ 1)(Delta)”. Therefore, the operational circuit can obtain the signal component S by computing “(Delta)/(Kc ⁇ 1)”.
  • the output from the operational circuit obtained as described above is provided to a process of determining presence/absence of the detection target object or a position thereof using a circuit (not shown) (including either an internal circuit or an external circuit of the corresponding position detection device).
  • the signal component of the detection signal is sometimes equal even when the width is different as described in the first modification, and the noise component is also sometimes equal as described in the [Noise Component] section.
  • the noise component is also sometimes equal as described in the [Noise Component] section.
  • the noise component may change depending on the line capacitance ratio Kc, for example, as in the the incoming noise.
  • the signal component S may change depending on the difference of the ratio between the signal component and the noise component, similar to the case where the lengths are different.
  • FIG. 8B is a circuit diagram illustrating configuration examples of the operational circuit 8 A and the AC signaling source AS of the touch detection unit 8 .
  • FIG. 8A illustrates a driving position of the driving electrode.
  • the AC signaling source AS shown in FIG. 8B includes a control unit 91 , two switches SW(+) and SW( ⁇ ), a latch circuit 92 , a buffer circuit (waveform shaping unit) 93 , and an output switch SW.
  • the control unit 91 is a circuit for controlling the output switch SW and two switches SW(+) and SW( ⁇ ) switching between the positive voltage V(+) and the negative voltage V( ⁇ ).
  • the control circuit 91 may not be provided in the AC signaling source AS but be substituted with an external CPU.
  • the switch SW(+) is connected between the positive voltage V(+) and the latch circuit 92
  • the switch SW( ⁇ ) is connected between the negative voltage V( ⁇ ) and the input of the latch circuit 92
  • the output of the latch circuit 92 is connected to the ON-side node of the output switch SW through the buffer circuit 93 .
  • the buffer circuit 93 is a circuit for compensating for the input electric potential and outputting it to the positive voltage V(+) and the negative voltage V( ⁇ ).
  • the output switch SW is controlled by the control unit 91 so as to control whether the corresponding AC signaling source AS is turned on (selected or activated) or connected to the ground (inactivated).
  • control unit 91 Since the control unit 91 is synchronized with the control of other AC signaling sources AS, the function of the control unit 91 is typically performed by sequentially transmitting a signal for shifting and selecting a group of the AC signaling sources AS to be activated to the shift register or the like.
  • the operational circuit 8 A is connected to the long sensor line LSLi where the (electrostatic) capacitance elements C 1 _ 1 to C 1 — m are connected. While the operational circuit 8 A is connected to the short sensor line SSLi, the number the (electrostatic) capacitance elements connected to the short sensor line SSLi is a half of that of the long sensor lines LSLi.
  • the operational circuit 8 A shown in FIG. 8 includes a differential operation unit (e.g., OP-Amp) 80 , two coefficient multipliers (e.g., OP-Amp circuit) 81 , a rectifier circuit 82 , and an output circuit 83 .
  • a differential operation unit e.g., OP-Amp
  • two coefficient multipliers e.g., OP-Amp circuit
  • the coefficient multiplier 81 may include an OP-Amp circuit 84 , resistors R 1 and R 2 , and a capacitance C 3 .
  • the coefficient multiplier 81 also has a function of rejecting high-frequency noise due to the capacitance C 3 in addition to the resistors.
  • the coefficient multiplied by the coefficient multiplier 81 with an input may be represented as (1+r 2 /r 1 ) (where, r 1 denotes a value of the resistor R 1 , and r 2 denotes a value of the resistor R 2 ).
  • the long sensor line LSLi is connected to the non-inverted input “+” of the IP-Amp 84 , from which the detection signal Vdet (LSL output ⁇ L>) is input.
  • the long sensor line LSLi is connected to a ground electric potential through a reset switch RSW for electrically resetting the DC level of the electric potential thereof.
  • the resistor R 2 and the capacitance C 3 are connected in parallel between the output of the OP-Amp 84 and the inverted input “ ⁇ ”, and the resistor R 1 is connected between the inverted input “ ⁇ ” of the OP-Amp 84 and the ground electric potential.
  • This configuration is similarly applied to other coefficient multipliers 81 connected to the short sensor line SSLi.
  • the differential operation unit 80 is, for example, an OP-Amp, of which the non-inverted input “+” is connected to the output of the coefficient multiplier 81 that multiplies the coefficient by the output of the long sensor line LSLi.
  • the inverted input “ ⁇ ” of the OP-Amp as the differential operation unit 80 is connected to the output of another coefficient multiplier 81 that multiplies the coefficient by the output of the short sensor line SSLi.
  • the rectifier circuit 82 and the output circuit 83 are dispensable. Therefore, for example, when the operation “(Delta)/(Kc ⁇ 1)” is not performed, the difference signal output from the differential operation unit 80 may correspond to the detection signal of the embodiment of the present invention. Alternatively, a digital signal having a different logic depending on presence/absence of the detection target object from the output circuit 83 may correspond to the detection signal of the embodiment of the present invention. In a case where the operation “(Delta)/(Kc ⁇ 1)” is performed, the signal output from the divider circuit corresponds to the detection signal of the embodiment of the present invention.
  • the touch detection unit 8 can generate the detection signal from the sensor line output.
  • the rectifier circuit 82 shown in the drawing includes a diode D 1 for performing the half-wave rectification, a charging capacitor C 4 , and a discharging resistor R 0 .
  • the anode of the diode D 1 is connected to the output of the coefficient multiplier 81 , and the charging capacitor C 4 and the discharging resistor R 0 are connected between the cathode of the diode D 1 and the ground potential.
  • the charging capacitor C 4 and the discharging resistor R 0 constitute a smoothing circuit.
  • the electric potential of the cathode of the diode D 1 (the output of the rectifier circuit 82 ) is read as a digital value through the output circuit 83 .
  • the output circuit 83 in the illustrated example includes only the comparator 85 for comparing a voltage thereof with the threshold value.
  • the output circuit 83 also has a function of the AD converter.
  • the AD converter may have any type such as a resistor ladder type or a capacitance dividing type.
  • the output circuit 83 compares the input analog signal with the threshold value Vt (refer to FIG. 3A ) using the comparator 85 .
  • the comparator 85 may be implemented as a function of the control circuit (not shown) such as a CPU.
  • the comparison result is used in various applications as a signal representing whether or not touch has been performed, for example, whether or not the button manipulation has been input.
  • the threshold value Vt as a reference voltage of the comparator 85 may be substituted with a control unit such as a CPU, and the electric potential of the detection signal Vdet can be determined as a result.
  • the configuration of the operational circuit 8 A may be determined suitable for the first to third modifications described above.
  • the touch detection device can generally remove the noise component by performing an operation process using the line capacitance ratio Kc for the two sensor line outputs.
  • the outputs of three sensor lines having different line capacitances are used in the noise rejection operation process.
  • the second embodiment is similar to the first embodiment except for this fact.
  • FIGS. 1A to 3C and 5 A to 5 C can be directly applied to the second embodiment.
  • Configurations of FIG. 4 can be applied to the second embodiment except for a pattern shape or an arrangement of the sensor lines.
  • FIGS. 9A to 9C are schematic diagrams illustrating a detection signal Vdet similar to that of FIG. 6A to 6C of the first embodiment.
  • FIGS. 10A and 10B are a top plan view illustrating a border position similar to FIGS. 7A and 7B of the first embodiment and a table showing the operation result (including an intermediate course)
  • the noise component N is represented as a constant value “ 3 N” regardless of the length of the sensor line, and the signal component is represented as a natural-numbered multiple (e.g., S, 2 S, and 3 S) of the smallest signal component S.
  • the noise component 3 N is overlapped with the signal component S in the output of the long sensor line LSL of FIG. 9A .
  • the noise component 2 N is overlapped with the signal component 2 S in the output ⁇ M> of the middle sensor line MSL (hereinafter, referred to as an MSL output) of FIG. 9B .
  • the noise component N is overlapped with the signal component 3 S in the output of the short sensor line SSL (SSL output ⁇ S>) of FIG. 9C .
  • the operation results (including the intermediate result) using the three sensor line outputs, i.e., the LSL output ⁇ L>, the MSL output ⁇ M>, and the SSL output ⁇ S> are shown in the table of FIG. 10B .
  • the operational circuit inputs “S+ 3 N” as the LSL output ⁇ L>.
  • the operational circuit inputs 3 N as the MSL output ⁇ M> and the SSL output ⁇ S>.
  • a difference ⁇ (L ⁇ M) between the LSL output ⁇ L> and the MSL output ⁇ M> or a difference ⁇ (L ⁇ S) between the LSL output ⁇ L> and the SSL output ⁇ S> can be obtained.
  • a difference ⁇ (M ⁇ S) between the MSL output ⁇ M> and the SSL output ⁇ S> becomes zero.
  • the difference operation is performed for other positions ⁇ 2 > to ⁇ 5 >, and the results are summarized in the table of FIG. 10B .
  • the MSL output ⁇ M> and the SLS output ⁇ S> are outputs in the area where the effective border width varies.
  • the detailed operation method described above is just exemplary, and the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • the essence of the operation method is that the noise rejection can be readily performed using the line capacitance ratio Kc because the detection signal Vdet has the signal component and the noise component in proportion to the line capacitance ratio Kc.
  • the touch detection device can generally remove the noise component by performing the operation process using the line capacitance ratio Kc for these three sensor line outputs.
  • the operation process becomes more complicated in the case of three line sensors than the two sensor lines, it is possible to calculate the signal component S by the operation even in a time range in which the border (the range of the driving electrodes activated during scanning) is overlapped in the leading end of the sensor line. Therefore, according to the second embodiment, it is advantageous in that the presence/absence or the position of the detection target object can be determined in a seamless manner in the y-direction.
  • the coefficient since the coefficient is determined considering a parasitic capacitance between the wiring line and the TFT element, between the wiring lines, or the like, it may not be an integer multiple.
  • the parameter in this case, the length of the sensor line SL
  • Kc the line capacitance ratio
  • the third embodiment relates to a display device according to the present invention.
  • the function of the touch sensor of this display device is similar to that of the first or second embodiment.
  • the display device exemplified in this embodiment is a liquid crystal display device, particularly, for removing the noise superimposed by the Vcom-driving.
  • the Vcom-driving is dispensable.
  • a liquid crystal display device performs the Vcom-driving and simultaneously performs the display scanning (write scanning) and the sensor driving scanning by using the common electrode (opposite electrode) for the sensor driving as well as the display driving thereof. While this liquid crystal display device is advantageous in that the entire device can be thin, it is disadvantageous in that the noise source is in proximity of the sensor line within a shorter distance. Therefore, the embodiment of the present invention can be effectively applied.
  • the “opposite electrode” of the embodiment of the present invention refers to an electrode which takes a function of the driving electrode for detecting touch, similar to the first embodiment, as well as a function of the common electrode for the display driving of the second embodiment.
  • driving electrode DE driving electrode
  • the number of sensor lines becomes enormously large if the sensor lines are arranged in a matrix shape along the x-direction and the y-direction.
  • a driving method is desirable in which one of a plurality of driving electrodes is driven with an AC voltage, and such a target of the AC driving is shifted within the arrangement of a plurality of driving electrodes lined up with a constant pitch and a predetermined interval.
  • This driving method itself is employed in the first embodiment. Therefore, it is possible to obtain the sensor output using only the sensor lines extending in the y-direction.
  • the direction of shifting the operation target of these driving electrodes is referred to as a scanning direction.
  • FIGS. 11A to 11C are top plan views particularly illustrating electrodes of the display device according to an embodiment of the present invention and a circuit arrangement for driving or detecting the electrodes.
  • FIG. 11D illustrates a schematic cross-sectional structure of the display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 11D shows a cross-section corresponding to 6 pixels, for example, in a row direction (pixel display line direction).
  • FIGS. 13A to 13C are equivalent circuit diagrams of pixels.
  • the display device shown in FIG. 11A to 11D is a liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal layer as the “display function layer.”
  • the liquid crystal display device has, as an electrode common to a plurality of pixels out of two facing pixels with the liquid crystal layer being interposed therebetween, an electrode (driving electrode) where the common driving signal Vcom for applying a reference voltage to the signal voltage for the gray-scale display for each pixel is applied.
  • FIG. 11D in order to make it easy to see the cross-sectional structure, while the driving electrode, the pixel electrode, and the sensing electrode as main components of the embodiment of the present invention are hatched, other portions (such as a substrate, an insulation film, and a functional film) are not hatched.
  • the omission of hatched lines will be similarly applied to other cross-sectional views subsequently described.
  • each pixel PIX shown of the liquid crystal display device 1 of FIG. 12 is arranged in a matrix shape.
  • each pixel PIX includes a thin film transistor TFT 23 as a selection element of the pixel, an equivalent capacitance C 6 of the liquid crystal layer 6 , and a retentive capacitance Cx (also, referred to as an additional capacitance).
  • the electrode arranged in one side of the equivalent capacitance C 6 representing the liquid crystal layer 6 is a pixel electrode 22 divided for each pixel and arranged in a matrix shape, and the electrode arranged in the other side is a driving electrode 43 common to a plurality of pixels.
  • the pixel electrode 22 is connected to one of the source and the drain of the thin film transistor TFT 23 , and the image signal line SIG is connected to the other one of the source and the drain of the thin film transistor TFT 23 .
  • the image signal line SIG is connected to a vertical driving circuit (not shown, refer to FIGS. 13A to C of the embodiments described below) so that the image signal having a signal voltage is supplied from the vertical driving circuit to the image signal line SIG.
  • the driving electrode 43 is provided with the common driving signal Vcom.
  • the common driving signal Vcom is obtained by inverting between positive and negative electric potentials for each horizontal cycle (1H) with respect to the center voltage.
  • the gate of the thin film transistor TFT 23 is electrically shared among all pixels PIX lined up in a row direction, i.e., in a horizontal direction of the display screen so that the scanning line SCN is formed as a result.
  • the scanning line SCN is supplied with a gate pulse output from the vertical driving circuit (not shown) for turning on/off the gate of the thin film transistor TFT 23 . Therefore, the scanning line SCN is also referred to as a gate line.
  • the retentive capacitance Cx is connected to the equivalent capacitance C 6 in parallel.
  • the retentive capacitance Cx is provided to prevent a write electric potential from decreasing by the leak current from the thin film transistor TFT 23 due to shortage of the storage capacity in the equivalent capacitance C 6 .
  • addition of the retentive capacitance Cx contributes to preventing flickers or improving uniformity of the screen luminance as well.
  • the liquid crystal display device 1 having such pixels includes a panel (hereinafter, referred to as a driving panel 2 ) which has a thin film transistor TFT 23 shown in FIG. 12 in the area not shown in the cross section and is supplied with a driving signal (signal voltage) of the pixel, an opposite panel 4 arranged to face the driving panel 2 , and a liquid crystal layer 6 arranged between the driving panel 2 and the opposite panel 4 .
  • a driving panel 2 which has a thin film transistor TFT 23 shown in FIG. 12 in the area not shown in the cross section and is supplied with a driving signal (signal voltage) of the pixel
  • an opposite panel 4 arranged to face the driving panel 2
  • a liquid crystal layer 6 arranged between the driving panel 2 and the opposite panel 4 .
  • the driving panel 2 has a TFT panel 21 (of which a panel body unit is made of glass) as a glass substrate having the thin film transistor TFT 23 of FIG. 12 and a plurality of pixel electrodes 22 arranged on this TFT panel 21 in a matrix shape.
  • a display driver (not shown) for driving each pixel electrode 22 (including the vertical driving circuit, the horizontal driving circuit) is formed on the TFT panel 21 .
  • the touch detection unit 8 (refer to FIGS. 4A , 4 B, 8 A, and 8 B) of the first embodiment may be formed on the TFT panel 21 .
  • the opposite panel 4 includes a glass substrate 41 , a color filter 42 formed on one surface of the glass substrate 41 , and a driving electrode 43 formed on the color filter 42 (the liquid crystal layer 6 side).
  • the color filter 42 is configured by periodically arranging three color filter layers having, for example red, green, and blue colors (R, G, and B), and each pixel PIX (pixel electrode 22 ) corresponds to one of the three colors R, G, and B. While in some cases, a pixel corresponding to one color is called a subpixel, and three subpixels having three colors R, G, and B are called a pixel, the subpixel is also called a pixel PIX herein.
  • the driving electrode 43 is also used as the driving electrode DE (refer to the first and second embodiments) of the touch detection sensor included in a part of the touch sensor for performing the touch detection operation.
  • the opposite electrode 43 corresponds to the driving electrode E 1 of FIGS. 1A to 2B .
  • the driving electrode 43 is connected to the TFT panel 21 by the contact conductive pillar 7 .
  • the common driving signal Vcom having an AC pulse waveform is applied from the TFT panel 21 to the driving electrode 43 through the contact conductive pillar 7 .
  • the common driving signal Vcom corresponds to the AC pulse signal Sg supplied from the driving signal source S of FIGS. 1A to 2B .
  • the other surface (display surface side) of the glass substrate 41 is provided with the sensor line SL, and the protection layer 45 is formed on the sensor line SL.
  • the sensor line SL constitutes a part of the touch sensor and corresponds to the detection electrode E 2 in FIGS. 1A to 2B .
  • the glass substrate 41 may have a touch detection unit 8 for performing the touch detection operation described below (refer to FIGS. 8A and 8B ).
  • the liquid crystal layer 6 as a display function layer modulates the light passing through the thickness direction (a direction facing the electrode) according to the state of the applied electric field.
  • the liquid crystal layer 6 may be formed using various modes of liquid crystal materials such as TN (twisted nematic), VA (vertical alignment), and ECB (electrically controlled birefringence).
  • the alignment film is provided between the liquid crystal layer 6 and the driving panel 2 and between the liquid crystal layer 6 and the opposite panel 4 .
  • a polarization plate is provided in the anti-display surface side (i.e., back surface side) of the driving panel 2 and the display surface side of the opposite panel 4 .
  • Such an optical function layer is omitted from FIGS. 11A to 11D .
  • the driving electrode 43 is divided in a row or column direction of the pixel arrangement, e.g., in a column direction in this example (the vertical direction of the drawing).
  • This division direction corresponds to a scanning direction of the pixel lines in the display driving, i.e., a direction for sequentially activating the scanning lines SCN by the vertical driving circuit (not shown).
  • the driving electrode 43 is divided into a total of (k ⁇ m) driving electrodes. Therefore, driving electrodes 43 _ 1 , 43 _ 2 , . . . , 43 — k , . . . , 43 — km are arranged in a planar band-shaped pattern extending in a row direction and spaced from one another in parallel on the corresponding surface.
  • a division arrangement pitch of the (k ⁇ m) driving electrodes 43 _ 1 to 43 — km is set to a natural-numbered multiple of the (sub)pixel pitch or the arrangement pitch of the pixel electrodes.
  • the driving electrodes DE are a set of k driving electrodes 43 (k>2) and driven by an AC voltage in this unit.
  • the unit of the AC driving is set to be larger than one pixel line because the detection sensitivity can be improved by increasing the electrostatic capacitance of the touch sensor. Meanwhile, it is possible to accommodate invisualization of shifting by shifting the driving electrodes DE by a natural-numbered multiple of pixel pitch unit.
  • the shifting is performed by the scan driving unit 9 as an AC driving scanning unit provided within the vertical driving circuit (the write driving scanning unit) (not shown).
  • the operation of the scan driving unit 9 can be considered to be the same as “the operation of scanning in a column direction while switching one by one the driving electrodes selected by moving, in a column direction, the AC signaling source AS which simultaneously drives the wiring lines of the k driving electrodes with an AC voltage Vcom (refer to FIGS. 1A and 1B , 2 A and 2 B, and 8 A and 8 B).”
  • the sensor lines SL are obtained by alternately arranging the n long sensor lines LSLi and n short sensor lines SSLi.
  • a total of 2n sensor lines SL are formed of parallel stripe wiring lines extending in the y-direction.
  • the LSL output ⁇ L> is output from the long sensor line LSLi
  • the SSL output ⁇ S> is output from the short sensor line SSLi.
  • FIGS. 11A and 11B are diagrams separated to describe the electrode pattern.
  • the driving electrodes 43 _ 1 to 43 — km and the sensor lines are overlappingly arranged to detect the position within a 2-dimensional plane.
  • the touch detection unit 8 can detect the position of the row direction based on which operational circuit 8 A generates the voltage variation and obtain the position information in a column direction based on the detection timing.
  • the Vcom-driving of the scan driving unit 9 and the operation of the touch detection unit 8 are synchronized with, for example, a clock signal having a predetermined period.
  • the touch detection unit 8 can detect a finger touch position center because it is possible to know which divided driving electrode is driven by the scan driving unit 9 when the touch detection unit 8 obtains the voltage variation.
  • a detection operation is controlled by a computer-based total control circuit (not shown) which totally controls the liquid crystal display device 1 , for example, a CPU, a microcomputer, or a control circuit for detecting touch.
  • the touch detection unit 8 may be formed in the driving panel 2 side as well as the opposite panel 4 side. Since the TFTs are integrated with a high density, it is desirable that the touch detection unit 8 is also provided in the driving panel 2 in order to reduce the manufacturing process number. However, since the sensor line SL exists in the opposite panel 4 side, and the sensor line SL is formed of a transparent electrode material, the wire resistance may increase. In that case, in order to avoid difficulties such as a high resistance of the wiring lines, it is preferable that the touch detection unit 8 is formed in the opposite panel 4 side. However, if the process of forming the TFT is used in the opposite panel 4 only for the touch detection unit 8 , it disadvantageously demands high cost. The position for forming the touch detection unit 8 may be determined by comprehensively considering the aforementioned advantages and disadvantages.
  • FIG. 13 illustrates such an AC driving operation and the shift operation.
  • a single driving electrode DE is constructed of 7 hatched driving electrodes 43 .
  • the driving electrode 43 is different from the driving electrode DE in that k driving electrodes 43 simultaneously driven are called driving electrodes DE.
  • FIGS. 13A to 13C illustrate a progress of the selection range when the driving electrodes DE are shifted in the unit of a single pixel line, i.e., by a pitch of a single driving electrode 43 in a column direction.
  • an initial single pixel line is not selected, but k driving electrodes corresponding to second to eight pixel lines are selected and simultaneously driven by the AC signaling source AS with an AC voltage.
  • the driving electrodes DE are shifted by a single pixel line so that two driving electrodes corresponding to the first and second pixel line are not selected, 7 driving electrodes subsequent to the third driving electrode are selected, and others are not selected.
  • the driving electrodes DE are shifted by a single pixel line so that driving electrodes corresponding to the first to third lines are not selected, 7 driving electrodes subsequent to the fourth driving electrode are selected, and others are not selected. Then, the shifting and the AC driving operations are similarly repeated.
  • the value of m in the equation of FIG. 5C is reduced by 1/7 of the practical dividing number so that the effective value of the sensor voltage Vs increases accordingly.
  • the unit that is newly included in and excluded from the selection group (the driving electrode DE) is a single driving electrode corresponding to a single pixel line. Therefore, the switching frequency of the AC driving becomes equal to the inversion frequency 1H of the common driving signal Vcom. This frequency is an extremely high frequency obtained by multiplying a commercial electric power frequency, e.g., 60 [Hz] by the number of pixels in the column direction.
  • the number of pixels in the column direction is set to 480, this frequency becomes 28.8 [kHz], and the frequency of the pulse waveform becomes 14.4 [kHz] which is a half thereof. Therefore, an image variation caused by the shifting of the AC driving has a sufficient high frequency unrecognizable by a human eye. Consequently, it is possible to prevent both the S/N ratio reduction caused by the sensor voltage falling and the image quality degradation caused by the switching of the electrode driving.
  • FIG. 14 is an enlarged plan view illustrating a display unit in the middle of a manufacturing process of forming the pixel electrode 22 .
  • a plurality of gate lines (scanning lines SCN, refer to FIG. 12 ) arranged in a parallel stripe shape in a row direction (x-direction) intersect with a plurality of image signal lines SIG arranged in a parallel stripe shape in a column direction (y-direction.
  • the rectangular area surrounded by two arbitrary scanning lines SCN and two arbitrary image signal lines SIG defines the (sub)pixel PIX.
  • the pixel electrode 22 is formed in the rectangular isolation pattern slightly smaller than each pixel PIX. As such, a plurality of pixel electrodes 22 are arranged in a matrix shape in a planar shape.
  • the display driver of the driving panel 2 sequentially supplies line by line each electrode pattern of the driving electrodes 43 (driving electrodes 43 _ 1 to 43 — km ) with the common driving signal Vcom.
  • the common driving signal Vcom is also used to control the electric potential of the driving electrode of the image display.
  • the display driver supplies the pixel electrode 22 with a signal voltage through the image signal line SIG and also sequentially controls line by line the switching of the TFT of each pixel electrode through the scanning line SCN in synchronization therewith.
  • the capacitance element C 1 is formed in each of the intersections between the driving electrodes 43 _ 1 to 43 — km and the long sensor line LSLi or the short sensor line SSLi.
  • the common driving signal Vcom is sequentially applied to each electrode pattern of the driving electrode 43 in a time division manner.
  • each of the capacitance elements C 1 corresponding to a single column formed in intersections between the electrode patterns of the driving electrode 43 where the common driving signal Vcom is applied and the electrode patterns of the sensor lines (LSLi and SSLi) is charged/discharged.
  • the output from the sensor line (LSLi and SSLi) has a magnitude corresponding to the capacity of the capacitance element C 1 .
  • the capacitance element C 2 caused by the finger is added to the capacitance element C 1 that has been originally formed in the touched portion.
  • a value (sensor voltage Vs) of the sensor output when that touched portion is scanned becomes smaller than those of other portions (becomes the sensor voltage Vf ( ⁇ Vs)).
  • the touch detection unit 8 (refer to FIGS. 8A and 8B and 11 A to 11 D) performs the operation process shown in FIG. 7B using each operational circuit 8 A to generate the detection signal Vdet.
  • the detection signal Vdet is compared with the threshold value Vt.
  • That portion is determined as the touched portion.
  • This touched portion can be obtained from the timing when the common driving signal Vcom is applied and the timing when the detection signal Vdet equal to or smaller than the threshold value Vt is detected.
  • the common electrode (driving electrode 43 ) originally provided in the liquid crystal display device for driving the liquid crystal is also used as one of a touch sensor electrode pair including the driving electrode and the sensing electrode.
  • the electrostatic capacitance element type touch sensor is constructed such that the common driving signal Vcom as the display driving signal is also used as the touch sensor driving signal. Therefore, an electrode to be newly provided to add the touch sensor function is just the sensor line, and a unit for generating the touch sensor driving signal is not necessary to newly provided. Therefore, the configuration is simple.
  • a plurality of k driving electrodes 43 are simultaneously driven with an AC voltage, and by using these driving electrodes as a single driving electrode DE, the driving electrode DE is shifted such that all of the driving electrodes 43 are selected by performing the AC driving twice. For this reason, it is possible to prevent both reduction of the S/N ratio of the sensor detection voltage and image quality degradation. Furthermore, since the driving electrode and the driving circuit for the common driving signal Vcom can also be used as the driving electrode and the driving circuit for the sensor, it is possible to accordingly reduce arrangement space and power consumption.
  • the structure and the driving method of the display device described above in conjunction with the third embodiment is advantageous in that the thickness of the (liquid crystal) display device obtained by integrating the touch panel can be thinned.
  • the driving electrode of the touch sensor may be provided in a different layer from the driving (common) electrode for the (liquid crystal) display.
  • the driving electrodes of the touch sensor may be arranged as a single electrode facing a plurality of pixel electrodes without separation.
  • the sensor lines are arranged in a matrix shape where the first sensor line group extending in the y-direction and the second sensor line group extending in the x-direction intersect with each other.
  • a single electrode used only for the driving electrode of the touch sensor is arranged to be capacitively coupled to both the first sensor line group and the second sensor line group with a predetermined strength.
  • the embodiment of the present invention is applied to both the first and second sensor line groups.
  • the second sensor line group of the x-direction as well as the first sensor line group of the aforementioned y-direction is made to have a plurality of line capacitances by changing, for example, a type such as a length.
  • a process of removing noise by the operation using the line capacitance ratio is performed for a plurality of sensor line outputs having a different line capacitance.
  • the matrix arrangement of the sensor lines may be applicable to the touch detection device described in conjunction with the first and second embodiments.
  • the liquid crystal layer 6 is used to modulate the light passing therethrough in response to the electric field state, and, for example, liquid crystals of a horizontal electric field mode such as a FFS (Fringe-field switching) mode or an IPS (in-plane switching) mode are preferably used.
  • a horizontal electric field mode such as a FFS (Fringe-field switching) mode or an IPS (in-plane switching) mode are preferably used.
  • FIGS. 15 to 17 illustrate a constructional example of a horizontal electric field mode liquid crystal display device.
  • the pixel electrode 22 and the driving electrode 43 face to each other with the liquid crystal layer 6 being interposed therebetween.
  • An electric field in a vertical direction is applied to the liquid crystal layer 6 in response to the voltage applied between both the electrodes.
  • the pixel electrode 22 and the driving electrode 43 are arranged in the driving panel 2 side.
  • the driving electrode 43 is disposed in the surface of the front side of the TFT panel 21 (the display surface side), and the driving electrode 43 and the pixel electrode 22 neighbor to each other by interposing the insulation layer 24 .
  • the driving electrode 43 is arranged in a line shape extending in a display line direction (x-direction), and the pixel electrode 22 is separated for each pixel in that direction.
  • the TFT panel 21 is bonded to the glass substrate 41 such that the pixel electrode 22 side is adjacent to the liquid crystal layer 6 .
  • the liquid crystal layer 6 is structurally maintained by a spacer (not shown).
  • the reference numeral “ 49 ” denotes a base material disposed in the display surface side such as glass or a transparent film. One surface of the base material 49 is provided with the sensor line SL. The sensor line SL maintained in the base material 49 is fixed to the surface of the anti-liquid crystal side of the glass substrate 41 by the bonding layer 48 .
  • a first polarization plate 61 is attached to the back surface of the TFT panel 21
  • a second polarization plate 62 having a different polarization direction is attached to the display surface side of the base material 49 .
  • a protection layer (not shown) is formed in the display surface side of the second polarization plate 62 .
  • the color filter 42 is previously formed in the liquid crystal side of the glass substrate 41 .
  • the color filter 42 has a different color area regularly arranged for each (sub)pixel.
  • the stack structure of the display surface side is different from that of FIG. 16 .
  • the sensor line SL is previously formed on the base material 49 and attached, for example, as a roll shape member. However, in FIG. 17 , the sensor line SL is formed on the display surface side of the glass surface 41 , and the second polarization plate 62 is attached thereon.
  • the length of the short sensor line SSLi of the eighth modification shown in FIG. 18 is extremely short. This is intended to dedicatedly use the extremely short sensor line SSLi for detecting the noise component N that is not overlapped with the signal component S by arranging the short sensor line SSLi in an outer side from the detection surface.
  • This modification is particularly effective in the second embodiment in which sensor lines having three lengths are provided.
  • the arrangement order of the sensor lines that were arranged in the order of MSL, LSL, and SSL in FIG. 10A is arbitrarily set.
  • the arrangement order of the sensor lines is arbitrarily set.
  • the sensor lines may not be arranged regularly as in FIGS. 18 and 19 , but the sensor lines having different lengths within a pair of two or a group of three may be arranged apart if they correspond to the operational circuit 8 A side. However, since the configuration of the operational circuit 8 A can be perfectly the same, the sensor lines are preferably arranged on a regular basis. Here, the “different types of M sensor lines are periodically repeatedly arranged” in the regular arrangement.
  • a single operational circuit 8 A and another neighboring operational circuit 8 A share a single sensor line.
  • a single extremely short sensor line ESSL is shared by two input operational circuits 8 A.
  • the MSL and the SSL are alternately shared by neighboring operational circuits 8 A.
  • two sensor lines may be shared.
  • a selector (not shown) for switching the shared sensor line for a plurality of operational circuit may be provided.
  • Such a sharing structure includes a structure in which “two operational circuits 8 A are connected to the same sensor line, and different types of sensor lines are symmetrically arranged with respect to the common sensor line in the two operational circuits.”
  • the extremely short sensor line ESSL may be arranged in an outer side from the detection surface or the effective area of the display surface, and the surface making contact with the detection target object may be covered with a shield layer 70 as shown in FIG. 22 .
  • a shield layer 70 as shown in FIG. 22 .
  • Such a configuration is to consider a case where the incoming electromagnetic noise degrades the noise rejection accuracy such as a case where a relationship between the incoming electromagnetic noise and the line capacitance ratio Kc is little. As a result, the effect of the incoming electromagnetic noise is not removed by the operation circuit 8 A. However, if the operational circuit 8 A extracts the incoming electromagnetic noise which varies from time to time from the sensor line output, an error increases sometimes. If the shield layer 70 is provided, the incoming electromagnetic noise component is not included in the noise component N. Therefore, it is possible to suppress unevenness of the detection error.
  • the wiring line having a strong capacitive coupling to the sensor line is the wiring line having a large electric potential variation and arranged in parallel with the sensor line. Particularly, as the display devices are made thinner, they tend to have a reduced interval between this wiring line and the sensor line.
  • Such a wiring line may include an image signal line SIG. As shown in FIG. 14 , the image signal line SIG is arranged in the y-direction, the same direction as that of the sensor line, and provides an AC signal, of which a reference electric potential of the image signal fluctuates, having an opposite phase to the electric potential Vcom with a period of 1H (1 horizontal display cycle) corresponding to the voltage Vcom of the driving electrode 43 .
  • FIG. 23A illustrates an electric potential waveform of the long sensor line LSLi in a case where the entire display is set to a white display and in a case where the entire display is set to a black display for comparison.
  • FIG. 23B illustrates an electric potential waveform of the short sensor line SSLi where only the noise component N is depicted for comparison between the white display and the black display.
  • the sensor line output significantly changes in response to the display of the display device. This is because the noise component N shown in FIG. 23B periodically changes with an opposite phase in every cycle 1H. The following two reasons are contemplated as a reason of generating the noise component N.
  • the phase of the electric potential fluctuation of the driving electrode DE driven by the voltage Vcom is inverted in every cycle 1H.
  • the reference level of the image signal at the image signal line SIG is also inverted in every cycle 1H in association with the Vcom-driving.
  • the former is not different between the white display and the black display, the latter is the reason. That is, since the phase of the reference electric potential of the image signal is inverted by 180° against the driving electric potential Vcom, the reference electric potential fluctuation of the image signal allows the voltage difference in the sensor line to be reduced in the white display and enlarged in the black display.
  • the waveform LSL of FIG. 23A and the waveform SSL of FIG. 23B the period of the black display changes in the same phase, but the period of the white display changes in the opposite phase. This fact supports the aforementioned reason.
  • FIGS. 24 B 1 to 24 B 3 illustrate the effect of the embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 24 A 1 to 24 A 3 associated with the white display and FIGS. 24 B 1 to 24 B 3 associated with the black display are waveform diagrams by shifting the phase of the one side by 180° against the phase of the other side.
  • FIGS. 24 A 1 and 24 B 1 are waveform diagrams at the long sensor line LSLi where the noise component N and the signal component S are overlapped.
  • FIGS. 24 A 2 and 24 B 2 are waveform diagrams illustrating only the noise component N.
  • FIGS. 24 A 3 and 24 B 3 are waveform diagrams after the noise rejection.
  • the numeral “ 3 N” in the box of the short sensor associated with the position ⁇ 1 > in FIG. 10B corresponds to FIGS. 24 A 2 and 24 B 2 .
  • the waveform of FIG. 24 A 3 is obtained by subtracting the waveform of FIG. 24 A 2 from the waveform of FIG. 24 A 1 .
  • the waveform of FIG. 24 B 3 is obtained by subtracting the waveform of FIG. 24 B 2 from the waveform of FIG. 24 B 1 .
  • the display device is particularly effective to noise suppression when the electric potential fluctuation in the image signal line functions as the noise source.
  • the sensor lines are arranged with the same distance from the wiring line functioning as the noise source.
  • the sensor lines are arranged as close as possible from each other.
  • the sensor line has a narrow width.
  • the control is performed by the width, it is difficult to arrange the sensor lines with the same distance from the noise source although the operation advantageously becomes simple.
  • the control is performed by the length, it is easy to arrange the sensor lines with the same distance from the noise source although the operation may become more complicated in comparison with the width control case.
  • a distance between the sensor lines connected to the same operational circuit 8 A is set to be as small as possible.
  • the shield layer 70 is provided as shown in FIG. 22 , it is possible to achieve a more accurate noise rejection process by excluding incoming electromagnetic waves functioning as a noise source usually fluctuating at random. In addition, errors can be effectively prevented by shielding the operational circuit 8 A as well using the shield layer 70 .
  • the detection sensitivity in the y-direction can be improved by performing the border scanning as described in the third embodiment, i.e., simultaneously driving a plurality of k driving electrodes 43 (the border) and shifting the border by a minimum pitch corresponding to a single pixel pitch.
  • the border scanning it is possible to obtain an additional effect such as invisualization of the driving electrodes.
  • invisualization may be improved by arranging dummy sensor lines in a portion where no sensor line exists among the middle sensor lines MSL or the short sensor lines SSL so that the long sensor line LSL is constantly viewed from the external side.
  • the reset switch RSW is provided for each operational circuit 8 A, the operation can be made by excluding the remaining electric charges. Therefore, it is possible to improve accuracy of the operation. In addition, it is possible to obtain more accurate operation results by nearly simultaneously turning on/off the reset switches RSW in a plurality of the operational circuits 8 A.
  • the reset switches RSW may be controlled by a CPU (not shown) or the like.

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